deindexed

hotftuna · 09-04-2011, 06:07 AM

Have a popular site that ranks #1 for a great phrase and earning good money. The site is gone.. no Google cache or anything.

I have owned this site for many years and I do not buy links to it. It gets links naturally due to some advertising and popularity. Only recent change to the site was a tweak to the inside page structure. This change reduced the number of pages and made existing pages longer.

It would be easy to change the site back to the previous structure but I don't think that that alone would get me re-listed.

I would very much appreciate some advice on this matter.

sweetheater · 09-04-2011, 06:11 AM

Did you make any massive change to your existing link structure ? Did you check google webmasters and saw how many pages are indexed and if there are any technical errors ??

hotftuna · 09-04-2011, 06:18 AM

Yes I changed the link structure. The site is a web directory, not a WP blog. It would take me a minute to change it back but I don't think that that would be enough to get back into Google.

Talen · 09-04-2011, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by hotftuna

Yes I changed the link structure. The site is a web directory, not a WP blog. It would take me a minute to change it back but I don't think that that would be enough to get back into Google.

If you didn't employ redirects when you changed the link structure then that's your problem...either use 301 redirects now or change back to the original link structure.

hotftuna · 09-04-2011, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Talen

If you didn't employ redirects when you changed the link structure then that's your problem...either use 301 redirects now or change back to the original link structure.

I will change it back to the original structure. That alone will not get me back in. Fairly sure that I need to go to Google and ask them to consider re-indexing the site.

Anyone here have experience asking Google to reindex?

rahmanpaidar · 09-04-2011, 07:15 AM

Are you talking about the sites in your sig?
They are indexed.

You have possibly just lost your pr according to your last changes
in urls and internal structures.

hotftuna · 09-04-2011, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by rahmanpaidar

Are you talking about the sites in your sig?
They are indexed.

You have possibly just lost your pr according to your last changes
in urls and internal structures.

It is another site.

hotftuna · 09-04-2011, 08:29 AM

Link structure changed back.

My next step will be to install Google Webmaster's Tool. I hate installing this due to one bad experience but I don't think I have much choice in this particular situation.

Josh MacDonald · 09-04-2011, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by hotftuna

I will change it back to the original structure. That alone will not get me back in. Fairly sure that I need to go to Google and ask them to consider re-indexing the site.

Anyone here have experience asking Google to reindex?

Are you joking? You really think they will care?

hotftuna · 09-04-2011, 08:52 AM

I don't think that they will care at all. Still have to do what I can to improve the situation.

09-04-2011, 06:07 AM	#1
hotftuna Directory Veteran War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Florida Posts: 654 Thanks: 72 Thanked 65 Times in 47 Posts	deindexed Have a popular site that ranks #1 for a great phrase and earning good money. The site is gone.. no Google cache or anything. I have owned this site for many years and I do not buy links to it. It gets links naturally due to some advertising and popularity. Only recent change to the site was a tweak to the inside page structure. This change reduced the number of pages and made existing pages longer. It would be easy to change the site back to the previous structure but I don't think that that alone would get me re-listed. I would very much appreciate some advice on this matter.
	HeDir.com ranks #1 or #2 for "human edited directory" DebtPlan.org ranks #3 for "debt consolidation california"

09-04-2011, 06:11 AM	#2
sweetheater Active Warrior Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 69 Thanks: 16 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts Contact Info	Re: deindexed Did you make any massive change to your existing link structure ? Did you check google webmasters and saw how many pages are indexed and if there are any technical errors ??

09-04-2011, 06:18 AM	#3
hotftuna Directory Veteran War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Florida Posts: 654 Thanks: 72 Thanked 65 Times in 47 Posts	Re: deindexed Yes I changed the link structure. The site is a web directory, not a WP blog. It would take me a minute to change it back but I don't think that that would be enough to get back into Google.
	HeDir.com ranks #1 or #2 for "human edited directory" DebtPlan.org ranks #3 for "debt consolidation california"

09-04-2011, 07:15 AM	#6
rahmanpaidar طراحی وب سایت Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 179 Thanks: 12 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts	Re: deindexed Are you talking about the sites in your sig? They are indexed. You have possibly just lost your pr according to your last changes in urls and internal structures.

09-04-2011, 08:29 AM	#8
hotftuna Directory Veteran War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Florida Posts: 654 Thanks: 72 Thanked 65 Times in 47 Posts	Re: deindexed Link structure changed back. My next step will be to install Google Webmaster's Tool. I hate installing this due to one bad experience but I don't think I have much choice in this particular situation.
	HeDir.com ranks #1 or #2 for "human edited directory" DebtPlan.org ranks #3 for "debt consolidation california"

09-04-2011, 08:52 AM	#10
hotftuna Directory Veteran War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Florida Posts: 654 Thanks: 72 Thanked 65 Times in 47 Posts	Re: deindexed I don't think that they will care at all. Still have to do what I can to improve the situation.
	HeDir.com ranks #1 or #2 for "human edited directory" DebtPlan.org ranks #3 for "debt consolidation california"